Well, not much goes wrong under the bonnet needing checking. Also these are 55mph machines, so blind spots are not such an issue. Buy the s3 version, if it is. The strength of these vehicles is their simplicity and ruggedness. Maybe not for posing on the boulevard in, but generally most drivers are fair dinkum and not pretenders. Buy a rice burner if you need a gadget machine, but I doubt it will still be operational and still burning rice in 30 years time without many dollars being spent on it.